MolluscaBase taxon details
Megacardita ponderosa (Suter, 1913) †
830176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:830176)
accepted
Species
Venericardia caelebs Marwick, 1929 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Venericardia ponderosa Suter, 1913 † · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Venericardia ponderosa Suter, 1913 †) Suter, H. (1913). New species of Tertiary Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 45, 294–297, pls. 12–14.
page(s): 296 [details]
page(s): 296 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megacardita ponderosa (Suter, 1913) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=830176 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Venericardia ponderosa Suter, 1913 †) Suter, H. (1913). New species of Tertiary Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 45, 294–297, pls. 12–14.
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Venericardia caelebs Marwick, 1929 †) Marwick, J. (1929) Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 59, 903–934., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_04_007620.html
page(s): 911 [details]
basis of record Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 148 [details]
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Venericardia caelebs Marwick, 1929 †) Marwick, J. (1929) Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 59, 903–934., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_04_007620.html
page(s): 911 [details]
basis of record Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 148 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
